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Mr. Cleaves recordedat Princes Bay, S. I., March 13, Spring 

 Peepers {Hyla crucifer) in song; and a Woodcock {Philohela 

 minor), three Wilson's Snipe {Gallinago delicata) and three 

 Killdeer {Oxyechus vociferus) there on the twenty-first. 



Further discussion of the migration showed that owing to 

 the long-continued cool weather and northwest wind com- 

 paratively few migrants had arrived. Song Sparrows {Me- 

 lospiza m. melodia), Robins (Planesticus m. migratorius) and 

 Bluebirds {Sialia s. sialis) were still only locally common and 

 no Phoebe {Sayornis phcehe) had been seen. 



Mr. Rogers reported that on March 21 he and Mr. J. M. 

 Johnson had found a Barn Owl (Aluco pratincola) at Teaneck, 

 N. J., roosting not in the Phelps ruins but in a small pine grove 

 adjoining. But few rods away in the same grove was a Barred 

 Owl (Strix V. varia). The quantities of pellets, etc., indicated 

 that both roosting sites were in regular use. The Barred Owl 

 was in addition to two found at the well-known roost a half- 

 mile to the east. 



Mr. Carl E. Akeley presented the paper of the evening, " The 

 African Elephant." Mr. Akeley, illustrating his talk with 

 lantern-slides, gave a detailed account of many of the habits 

 of this species {Loxodonta africana) and of some of his ex- 

 periences with it, for in his many years of hunting in Africa 

 a great part of his time had been devoted to following, study- 

 ing, photographing and collecting this largest of terrestrial 

 animals. 



April 13, 1915. — The President in the chair. Fourteen 

 members (Dr. Dwight and Messrs. Cleaves, Harper, Heller, 

 Hix, Holhster, Hubbell, F. W. Hyde, J. M. Johnson, Marks, 

 Pangburn, Rogers, Taubenhaus and Weber) and three visitors 

 present. 



Mr. Francis Harper, whose name had been proposed at the 

 preceding meeting, was elected to Resident Membership. 



Mr. Harper told of the finding of a Great Horned Owl {Bubo 

 V. virginianus) nest by Dr. Overton at Patchogue, L. I., and 

 how Dr. Overton had been severely clawed about the head 

 and shoulder by the defending Owl. He had secured several 

 excellent photographs of the bird, which Mr. Harper exhibited. 



